When Domenic Bassini, just 16, leaves his small Italian village in 1914 seeking a better life in America, he quickly learns that the American Dream is anything but simple. A passionate affair at sea with Francesca, the wife of a man with Mafia ties, leads to heartbreak, leaving Domenic to arrive in Boston with only an orphaned stowaway, Ernesto Lentini, by his side. In Boston’s Italian North End, Domenic and Ernesto take refuge with an old family friend, where they form a brotherly bond with Joe, the son of the household. Over the decades, these three men navigate a treacherous path filled with rivalries, unexpected alliances, and dangerous power struggles in a city where the lines between crime, politics, and law enforcement blur. As years of joy, sorrow, and hard choices take them down divergent paths, Domenic, Ernesto, Joe, and Francesca must confront their shared past and a dangerous enemy. Can they unite to face those who have been pulling the strings from the shadows?